Seeking Someone Older by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Seeking Someone Older that begins with:

Brokedown, busted, rusted AND out of gas.
'Why did she wait so long to replace it? '...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a X Xbcd XX cXeedbX XaXX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,4,2,7,4,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010101101 10111100101 110111100111 111 01111111100011 11011001 1 11101001011 11111 11110010 0111001111 111111010010 1110101101 11101001 11101110 1 1011101010 1110101 111001011 11001001 110111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 103
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, she are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Seeking Someone Older;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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